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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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