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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in 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. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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