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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches 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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