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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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