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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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