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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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