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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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