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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in nations 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 typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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