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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take 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 MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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