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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. 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 variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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