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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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