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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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