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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about 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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