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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over 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 MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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