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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and 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 MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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