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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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