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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes 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 free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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