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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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