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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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