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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in 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 online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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