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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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