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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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