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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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