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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take 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. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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