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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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