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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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