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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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