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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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