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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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