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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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