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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. 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 massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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