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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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