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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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