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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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