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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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