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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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