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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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