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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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