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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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