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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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