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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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