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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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