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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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