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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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