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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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