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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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