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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in 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. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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