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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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