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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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