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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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