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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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