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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the 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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