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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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