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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses 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. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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