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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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