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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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