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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes 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. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines 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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