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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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