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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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