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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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