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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. 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 online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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