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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. 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 massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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