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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. 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 commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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