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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate 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. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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