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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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