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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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