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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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