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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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