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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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