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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate 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. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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