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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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