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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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