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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants 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. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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