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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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