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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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