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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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