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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the interesting 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 amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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