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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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