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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes 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. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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