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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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