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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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