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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. 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. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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