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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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