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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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