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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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