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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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