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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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