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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in 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 online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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