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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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