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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. 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 generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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