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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. 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 massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these open educational initiatives. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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