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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take 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. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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