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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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