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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take 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 MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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