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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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