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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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