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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning enable people in all parts of 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 massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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