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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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