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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate 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. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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