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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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