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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over 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. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education