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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth 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 ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic 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 reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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