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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part 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. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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