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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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