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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. 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 MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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