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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates 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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