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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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