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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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