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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes 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. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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