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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. 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. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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