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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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