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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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