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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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