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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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