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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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