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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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