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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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