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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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