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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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