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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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