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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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