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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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