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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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