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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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