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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver 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. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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