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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. 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 for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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