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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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