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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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