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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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