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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take 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 massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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