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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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