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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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