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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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