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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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