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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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