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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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