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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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