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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes 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 massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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