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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate 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 normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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