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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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