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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take 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. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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