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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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