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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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