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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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