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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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