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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes 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. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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