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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate 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 customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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