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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers 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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