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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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