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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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