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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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