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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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