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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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