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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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