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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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