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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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