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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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