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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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