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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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