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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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