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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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