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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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