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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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