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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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