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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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