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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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