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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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