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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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