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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes 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 mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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