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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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