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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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