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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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