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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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