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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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