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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth 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 MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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