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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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