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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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