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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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