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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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