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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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