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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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