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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take 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. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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