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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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