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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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