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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in 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 massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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