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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. 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 MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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