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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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