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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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