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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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