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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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