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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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