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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants 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 ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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