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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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 but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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