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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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