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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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