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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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