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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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