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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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