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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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