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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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