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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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