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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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