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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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