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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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