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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. 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 courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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