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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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