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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take 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. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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