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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning enable people 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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