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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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