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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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