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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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