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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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