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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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