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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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