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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning have enabled students in nations all aver 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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