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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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