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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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