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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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