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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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