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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the 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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