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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate 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 almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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