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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are empowering people all over 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 online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers 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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