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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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