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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable people all around the world to take 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. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines 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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