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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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