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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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