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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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