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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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