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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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