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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part 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. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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