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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take 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. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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