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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take 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 ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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