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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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