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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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