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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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