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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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