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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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