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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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