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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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