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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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