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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. 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 courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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