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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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