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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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