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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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