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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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