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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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