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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses 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 MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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