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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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