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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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