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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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