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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in 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. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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