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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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