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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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