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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. 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 but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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