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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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