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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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