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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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