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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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