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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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