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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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