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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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