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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)