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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants 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. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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