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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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