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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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