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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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 ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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