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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning have empowered learners 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. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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