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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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