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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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