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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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