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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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