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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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