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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. 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 online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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