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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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