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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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