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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take 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 online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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