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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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