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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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 commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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