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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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