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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth 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. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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