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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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