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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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