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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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