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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants 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 MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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