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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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 massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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