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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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