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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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