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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate 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 online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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