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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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