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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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