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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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