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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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