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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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