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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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