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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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 online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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