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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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