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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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