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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants 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 MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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