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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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