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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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