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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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