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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses 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 commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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