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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate 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. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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