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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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