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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part 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 massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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