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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth 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. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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