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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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