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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic 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 dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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