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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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