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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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