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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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