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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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