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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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