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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key 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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