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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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