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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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