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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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