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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates 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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