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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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