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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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