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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take 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 online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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