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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning are enabling humans in nations 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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