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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take 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. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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