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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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