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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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