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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered students all around 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 MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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