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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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