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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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