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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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