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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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