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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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