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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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