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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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