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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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