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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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