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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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