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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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