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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth 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. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores 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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