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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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