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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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