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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. 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 MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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