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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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