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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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