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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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