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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses 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 MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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