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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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