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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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