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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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