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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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