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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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