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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world 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 ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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