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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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