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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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