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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews 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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