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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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