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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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