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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. 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 courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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