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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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