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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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