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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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