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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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