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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in 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. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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