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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. 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 MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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