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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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