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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants 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. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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