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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider 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 educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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