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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part 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 learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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