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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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