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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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