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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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