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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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