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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the 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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