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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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