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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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