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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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