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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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