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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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