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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have enabled people 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. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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