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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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