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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes 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. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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