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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses 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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