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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. 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 customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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