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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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