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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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