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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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