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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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