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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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