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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates 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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