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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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