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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate 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. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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