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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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