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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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