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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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