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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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