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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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