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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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 classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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