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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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