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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes 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 almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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