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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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