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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not 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 rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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