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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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