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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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