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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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