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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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