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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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