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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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