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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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