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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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