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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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