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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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