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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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