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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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