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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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