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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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