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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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