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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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