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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes 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. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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