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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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