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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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