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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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