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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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