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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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