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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. 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 generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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