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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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