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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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