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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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