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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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