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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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