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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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