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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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 MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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