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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes 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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