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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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