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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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