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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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