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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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