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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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