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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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