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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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