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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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