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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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