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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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