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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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