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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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