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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology enable humans 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. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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