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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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