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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. 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 massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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