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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. 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 free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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