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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. 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 learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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