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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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