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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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