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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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