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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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