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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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