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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. 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 MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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