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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part 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 massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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