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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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