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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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