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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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