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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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