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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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