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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies 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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