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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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