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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in 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. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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