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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are enabling students all around 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. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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