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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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