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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes 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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