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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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