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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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