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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes 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. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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