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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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