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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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