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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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