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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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