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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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