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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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