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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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