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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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