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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses 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. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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