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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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