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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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