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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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