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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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