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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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