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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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 mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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