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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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