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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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