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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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