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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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