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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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