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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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