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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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