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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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