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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education