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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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