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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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