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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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