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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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