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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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