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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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