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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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