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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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