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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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