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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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