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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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