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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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