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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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