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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled 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 customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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