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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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