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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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