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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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