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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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