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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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